Psyb0t - the first Linux botnet

Charles Jones charles.jones at ciscolearning.org
Tue Mar 31 10:34:14 MST 2009


Jason Hayes wrote:
> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/The-First-Linux-Botnet-626424/?kc=EWKNLLIN03312009STR1
>
> "The main thing keeping Linux desktops out of botnets is the sophistication of 
> their users, but the people who built Psyb0t knew most people don't pay much 
> attention to router security."
"The bot will not persist if the router is power-cycled"

Well, that's an easy fix :)


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